take up space

and take up room

to fill or occupy space. (Note the variations in the examples.) The piano is taking up too much room in our living room. John, you're not being any help at all. You're just taking up space.

take up space

Also, take up room or time . See take up, def. 6.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Doris	DAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)	English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Blaine	[blein]
Tuvya	-	Hebrew
Tuuli	TOO:-lee	Finnish
Noe	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Silvia	SEEL-vyah (Italian), SEEL-byah (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology